“It is the pomp of death that alarms us more than death itself”. This is taken from Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”, a Latin poem from 8 AD.
Of Death
MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin, and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, as a tribute due unto nature, is weak.
Genesis 1:2
ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. = Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
וְהָאָרֶץ = And the earth
הָיְתָה = was
תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu ve bohu = without form and void, Fallen Angels, Difference between Ain and Tohu-ve-bohu, Difference between Tohu and Bohu .
Genesis 1:1
בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. = In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
בְּרֵאשִׁית = In the beginning
בָּרָא = created
אֱלֹהִים = Gods and Goddesses
אֵת = the
הַשָּׁמַיִם = Heavens
וְאֵת = and the
הָאָרֶץ = Earth